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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
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Alan Hackney (screenplay)
Release Date:
25 January 1961 (USA)
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"NEW and Greatest Adventures of Robin Hood... The World's Most Renowned Swordsman!"
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The sheriff of Nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of the Lord of Bortrey, who has died on Crusade...
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Period charm
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Greene | ... | Robin Hood |
| Sarah Branch | ... | Maid Marian |
 | Peter Cushing | ... | Sheriff of Nottingham |
| Richard Pasco | ... | Edward, Earl of Newark |
| Nigel Green | ... | Little John |
| Niall MacGinnis | ... | Friar Tuck (as Niall McGinnis) |
 | Jack Gwillim | ... | Archbishop Hubert Walter |
| Edwin Richfield | ... | The Sheriff's Lieutenant |
 | Oliver Reed | ... | Lord Melton |
| Patrick Crean | ... | Lord Ollerton |
| Vanda Godsell | ... | The Prioress |
| Dennis Lotis | ... | Alan A'Dale |
| Derren Nesbitt | ... | Martin of Eastwood, merry man |
| James Neylin | ... | Roger, a merry man |
| John Franklin | ... | Archbishop's Adjutant |
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80 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Oliver Reed's voice is not heard; he's dubbed throughout by another (anonymous) actor.
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Version of Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
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This is not as bad as all that. Terence Fisher as ever does a competent job, there are reasonable production values and some rather fetching photography. I always thought Richard Greene a little too schoolmasterly for an outlaw, and he is here rather portly, but he can certainly handle a bow. Nigel Greene and Niall McGinnis are well cast as Little John and Tuck, Peter Cushing is an excellent Sheriff, and Richard Pasco does well as the ambiguous Lord Newark. Oliver Reed's camp henchman is perhaps less successful.
The conspiracy plot unfolds at a relaxed pace and resolves satisfyingly. The weakest element is the tacked on romance with Sarah Branch's rather bland Maid Marion.
All in all a rather charming period piece, that gets closer to the spirit of the original ballads than most versions.